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Nicole Miller Frenzy ~ new fragrance

Nicole Miller will launch Frenzy, her debut fragrance for women under new licensing arrangements with Parlux (three prior fragrances under arrangements with Riviera were discontinued, but are now slated to be reintroduced). Miller has noted that...

I don’t like most perfumes. I find them too florally or too old. My clothes don’t age people so I wanted that same kind of fragrance that was young and modern.

Frenzy is a modern chypre developed by perfumer Caroline Sabas, and is described as "warm and sexy" and "embodying the spirit of playful femininity and modern sophistication". The fragrance notes include cassis sorbet, orange, clean aldehydes, yellow gardenia, ylang ylang, orange blossom, violet leaves, black patchouli, oakmoss, cedar and amber.

Nicole Miller Frenzy will launch in August, and will be available in 50 ($65) and 100 ml ($95) Eau de Parfum and in matching body products. The Frenzy bottle design features a "metal celtic knot design inspired by Miller’s apparel prints".

No, I like it. And it’s the color of the wedding dress I never wore, that is still hanging in the back of my closet. Sigh. Rather doubt I’d ever fit back into it now, which is a shame…I could wear it for something else.

You too can have coppery hair…. this is what you do….look closely in the mirror and then announce that you have detected GRAY hairs and need to go get your hair dyed….this is key: you don’t really need to find gray hairs…the truth is discretionary in this case.

I like Nicole Miller – in fact I own a vintage black cocktail dress by her [from the 80’s] that I still love. [I believe she’s mostly known for her cocktail dresses.] Her clothes are very feminine and pretty – not cutting edge, but not boring. She also does a line for JC Penney these days in addition to her couture line. Oh, and count me as one of the admirers of the fanciful dress featured in the ad.

Am I the only one that thinks the bottle is tacky? It’s really 80’s. If they’re going for young, I think they missed the market. (And, once again, I don’t think I’m their demographic: I love fragrances that are too old for me! Hee hee.)

I do like the dress in the ad … although that color would not be any good on me either!

There was a Seinfeld episode where a guy who worked at a clothing boutique tried to get Elaine to date him by telling her “the Nicole Millers” were coming in. Of course, they never did come in. Seems like Nicole Miller was popular for “formal wear” around that period, when I was in college — early ’90s.

Sorry for the haterade, everybody, but I gotta say: hate the bottle, hate the name, hate the ageist promotional blurb, hate the model’s pose. Okay, I’ll admit the dress is pretty, and it looks very multifunctional as a pop-up beach sunshade, so that’s a plus. :^D

I had a black cocktail dress by Nicole Miller–can’t remember how long ago it was, but her “couture” line isn’t the price of the big time designers. I also remember one of her old perfumes and remember that I wasn’t thata crazy about it. She also does a “green” make-up line for the Melaleucca company.

My thinking on the dress is that the designer responsible for the add was trying for a visual interpretation of the fragrance. Kind of going for a shimmering visual aid. Like- “If you could see this fragrance, this is what it would look like.” Perhaps a golden bronze analogy for the sillage of the perfume.

I don’t understand the whole focus on wealth this add seems to convey. Not to mention the impression of how older-school the fragrance comes off for someone who hates old perfumes. Seems like that add would work just as well for a No. 5 type concoction.

To me the add reads “Really rich, but not old enough to have wrinkles that can’t be fixed with botox.”

I’ve escaped “twilight” so far, thankfully… but it almost looks like the Celtic knotwork is a blade and the cap is the hilt/pommel of a sword. And yet, from someone who loves Celtic designs, and swords… I dislike the bottle.

I’ve heard lots of people dislike her writing (JKR’s), but her storyline just sucked me right in. Fine literature or no, the entertainment value was huge (I had my own few quibbles though, mostly about the preachier aspects). I did resist for a long time though… something of a book snob here. But then I got stuck in an airport, and the only thing that wasn’t business (yawn) or chick-lit or self-help was…the first Harry Potter. So grudgingly, I bought it. Who knows, I may end up reading Twilight yet, although I have to say, I’ve never been big on vampires.

Daisysays:

9 June 2009 at 11:31 pm

I am such a sucker for vampire stories (pun intended) but not Twilight….tried to read it, the girl started driving me nuts right away. And frankly, he may appear to be young but he’s not , so why is he interested in teenage girls? hmmm? Isn’t he like 300 yrs old? So I think it’s sick if a 45 yr old man went after a teen age girl…but 300 yrs old is ok? nope, it’s even weirder. You want great vampire types? Try Karen Marie Moning, Sherrilyn Kenyon or Christine Feehan.

alotofscentssays:

9 June 2009 at 5:13 pm

At least it is a chypre, with an oakmoss note. Glad to see she’s going old school with this.
That dress would make me feel pretty and elegant. I guess the fragrance is aiming for the same. Hope she pulls it off.

OH MERCY! Ask and ye shall receive! This Sounds EXQUISITE! the bottle is so fanciful and very different and unique! ADORE Ylang-Ylang in any incarnation! and along with Cedar, Amber, Orange and Orange Blossom, Gardenia and Oakmoss…. WOOHOO! I think i may be in love! The Original Nicole Miller scent is a little known masterpiece that evertone i have ever introduced it to has fallen madly in love with… this sounds to be on the same path! Thank You Robin, My Saviour As Always!

Hard to believe she criticizes perfumes for being “too florally”, since her first eponymous scent was this ENORMOUS, room-filling cyclone floral. (And she couldn’t even blame it on the eighties, since it was launched in 1993, well after the trend for transparent scents had been ushered in by, among others, Escape and L’Eau D’Issey.)

Frenzy was originally scheduled to launch in August/September of ’08 in the US – I wonder why it was delayed so long? (Possibly licensing agreements…)

I love the dress!

It sounds like another one of the new interpretations of ‘chypres’ – David Yurman has similar notes, as well as B de Boucheron and even Gucci By Gucci. I like the bottle; the knot design reminds me of a maillot I used to wear.

Loved this entire confab and am dying to try out some Frenzy for myself now despite the poor ad campaign, always liked the cocktail dresses. Will be visiting my nearest department store tomorrow and let you know the verdict! If they have it, naturally.

Yep, no sign of it in here in Scotland, tried our biggest poshest department store today to no avail. Asked about the new Hermes scent though and they said they’re going to have on the 14th March, woo hoo!